PC expert going to iBook

[adamrobbie]

Ok, i'm the type of guy who wants to get involved with everything involving with computers. I've been raised on the PC platform, currently have a self built PC desktop that i've been using Win XP with multiple different distro of Linux as well, Mandrake right now is my fave. I recently came into some money and have always like the look and feel of Mac OS X and the constant nagging by friends to get a Mac, so i bought an iBook.
My quesiton is how easy is it to network my iBook with one of my linux distro's and how easy is it to install a linux distro on the iBook without messing with OS X. so on
Any advice or words of wisdom wiould be awesome

[Strike]

Best install guide for Linux and iBooks (http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html)

It just so happens to be for Debian ;) Seriously though, I know at least 3 people who have used this (I even helped one through it, since his was a bit different, a Powerbook G3 (Pismo)) and said that it went off without a hitch and that they are loving their Debian systems. Two of them dual booted (the friend I helped has since given up his Powerbook, the other one still dual boots), and one has it as a Deb only system.

Networking them shouldn't be a problem. Networking it with OS X ... I don't know. But when you are in Linux it shouldn't be a problem at all.

[The_Stimpy]

adamrobbie
not that it matters at this time as you have probally done something by now but mandrake makes a distro for PPC, and if you like mandrake already well then you don't have to learn something new if you don't want to yet.

[rondob]

I've got to tell you, I've been messing around with Debian for the last three days trying to get x configured and it just isn't happening. I really wanted to run a more stripped down version of Linux on my iBook but I'm getting tired of this self abuse. Guess I'll try YDL and/or Mandrake as people say they're a bit easier to install. Will inform when done.

RB